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Accessibility Matters II:  Birdability Q&A

10,000 Birds

So I attempted to apply the access considerations to Tualatin River NWR near Portland, Oregon. It turns out that humans are less likely to trample off the trail and damage plants and so on if the trail has a really obvious edge or other boundary. As a follow-up, Freya agreed to a Q&A about Birdability and its work. Just start!

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The Power of Pets Initiative

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Chicago; and Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore. Mars Petcare and Human-Animal Interaction. For decades, Mars Petcare – through its world-renowned WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition – has led the way in research in Human-Animal Interaction (HAI), the scientific field that studies the bond between humans and companion animals.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Both were led by strong, intelligent women who needed to develop new ways of making their points with the public and the government; both movements were lynchpins in developing today’s values of human rights and environmental conservation. This is where Boase excels. ” (p.265).

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